BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – How far have we come since the Civil
Rights movement? Panelists at the Birmingham Civil Rights
Institute will discuss the topic at a community conversation on "A Dream Deferred?
Viewpoints on Progress Since the March on Washington" on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.

Topics include stop and frisk policies, stand your ground
laws, and Supreme Court decisions on voting rights and affirmative action as
well as other topics.

Panel members will be Carolyn Johnson of Parents Against
Violence, Wendy Greene, a law professor, Andrew McKnight of Educational Foundations
at UAB and Matt Murphy, talk show host of WAPI.

The moderator will be Lawrence Salvary, director of
marketing and production at Cumulus Media in Birmingham.

The event is free and open to the public. It
will take place at the Abraham Woods Community Meeting Room.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is located
on 520 16th Street North in Birmingham. For more information, call 205-328-9696,
ext. 234 or visit www.bcri.org.